Question

mary, alison, and elaine williams have a total of $792 in their savings accounts. alison has twice as much as mary, and elaine has 3 times more than alison. how much do they each have?

Answer 1

allison is 2(m) allison has 176 dollars
mary is (m) mary has 88 dollars
elaine is 3(2m) elaine has 528 dollars

2m+m+6m=792
9m=792 add all peoples amounts
divide by 9 on both sides up and you get $792

m= 88